derrick: [16] Around the end of the 16th century there was a famous Tyburn hangman called Derick. His name came to be used as a personification of hangmen in general, and subsequently as a metaphor for the ‘gallows’. Gradually, however, these macabre associations were lost, and by the 18th century derrick had progressed in meaning to ‘hoisting apparatus’.
derrick (n.)
c. 1600, originally "hangman," then "a gallows," then "hoist, crane" (1727), from surname of a hangman at Tyburn gallows, London, c. 1606-1608, often referred to in contemporary theater. The name represents a late borrowing from the Low Countries (compare Dutch Diederik) of Old High German Theodric (see Dietrich).
例文
1. Don 't stay under the arm of a derrick ！
クレーンのブームの下にいないで！
2.Magnus Derrick had formally and definitely refused his adherence to the scheme.
マンクネス?デレクは、このイベントとは何の関係もありたくないと公式に潔く表明した。
3. Derrick and I have been laying out the system of irrigating ditches.
デレクは私と一緒にその灌漑網を建設してくれた。
4.Unlike Harran Derrick ，he seemed more of a character than a type.
彼はハロン?デレクとは違って、典型というよりも特殊な人だ。
5.It might be as well to consult Magnus and Mrs. Derrick .